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Innovation High-Five

Mills Scofield

The team then hosted a brainstorming event with the entire company on how to encourage innovation at Geneca. Operational Strategy. We also intend to continue our discussion of providing support for ideas not directly aligned with Geneca by developing partnerships with incubators in Chicago. Market Analysis and Customers.

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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

It’s worth asking if you can come in and spend a few hours with your prospective team for a group meeting or brainstorming session, Lees says. A few years ago Brad Neuenhaus was invited to join a company that was being incubated out of a large teaching hospital in Boston. ” Do a test run. ” he explains.

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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less

Harvard Business Review

The company has adopted an Amazon-esque strategy; it now owns and operates twelve large warehouses well located to deliver loads of flooring, roofing, and other heavyweight building materials to do-it-yourself homeowners and contractors. The average order size is 1,500 pounds.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.